See also:

• WILLOBIE (or WILLOUGHBY), HENRY (1575?-1596?)

WILLOBIE (or See also:

• WILLOUGHBY

WILLOUGHBY), See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY (1575?-1596?)  , the supposed author of a poem called See also:

• WILLOBIE (or WILLOUGHBY), HENRY (1575?-1596?)

Willobie his Avisa, which derives See also:

• INTEREST

interest from its possible connexion with See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• HISTORY

history . See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• WILLOUGHBY

Willoughby was the second son of a See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman of the same name, and matriculated from St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1591, at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of sixteen . He is probably identical with the Henry Willoughby who graduated B.A. from See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter College See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1595, and he died before the 3oth of See also:

• JUNE

June 1596, when to a new edition of the poem See also:

• HADRIAN (PUBLICS AELIUS HADRIANUS)

Hadrian Dorrell added an " Apologie " in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of his friend the author " now of See also:

• LATE

late gone to See also:

• GOD

God," and another poem in praise of chastity written by Henry's See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Willoughby . Willobie his Avisa was licensed for the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press on the 3rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1594, four months after the entry of Shakespeare's See also:

• RAPE
• RAPE (from Lat. rapere, to seize)
• RAPE (Lat. rapum or rapa, turnip)

Rape of Lucrece, and printed by John Windet . It is preceded by two commendatory poems, the second of which, signed " Contraria Contrariis; See also:

• VIGILANTIUS (fl. c. 400)

Vigilantius; Dormitanus," contains the earliest known printed allusion to Shakespeare by name: " Yet Tarquyne pluckt his glistering See also:

• GRAPE

grape, And Shake-speare paints See also:

• POORE (or POOR), RICHARD (d. 1237)

poore Lucrece rape." In the poem itself, Avisa, whose name is explained in Dorrell's " See also:

• EPISTLE

Epistle to the Reader " as Amans Uxor Inviolata See also:

• SEMPER, GOTTFRIED (1803–1879)

Semper Amanda, takes up the See also:

• PARABLE (Gr. 7apa(3oXi7, a comparison or similitude)

parable alternately with her suitors, one of whom is introduced to the reader in a See also:

• PROSE

prose interlude signed by the author H . W., as Henrico Willobego Italo Hispalensis . This passage contains a reference which may fairly be applied to the sonnets of Shakespeare . It runs: " H . W. being sodenly infected with the contagion of a fantastical) See also:

• FIT

fit, at the first sight of A, . bewrayeth the secresy of his disease unto his See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar frend W . S. who not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before had tryed the See also:

• CURTESY (a variant of " courtesy," q.v.)

curtesy of the like See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion, and was now newly recouered . . . he determined to see whether it would sort to a happier end for this new actor, then it did for the old player." Then follows a See also:

• DIALOGUE

dialogue between H . W. and W .

S., in which W . S.," the old player," a phrase susceptible of a See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double sense, gives somewhat See also:

• COMMONPLACE

commonplace See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice to the disconsolate wooer . Dorrell alleges that he found the MS. of Willobie his Avisa among his friend's papers See also:

• LEFT

left in his See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge when Willoughby departed from Oxford on her See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

majesty's service . There is no trace of any Hadrian Dorrell, and the name is probably fictitious; there is, indeed, See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason to think that the See also:

• PSEUDONYM (Gr. >l ev&,vuµos, having a false name, ¢Evirls, false and ovoµa, name)

pseudonym, if such it is, covers the See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality of the real author of the See also:

• WORK

work . Willobie his Avisa proved extremely, popular, and passed through numerous See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, and See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter Colse produced in 1596 an See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation named See also:

• PENELOPE

Penelope's Complaint . See Shakspere Allusion-Books, See also:

• PART

part i., ed . C . M . See also:

• INGLEBY, CLEMENT MANSFIELD (1823—1886)

Ingleby (New Shakspere Society, 1874) ; A . B . See also:

• GROSART, ALEXANDER BALLOCH (1827-1899)

Grosart's " Introduction " to his reprint of Willobie his Avisa (188o) .